1963 in Turkey

Events in the year 1963 in Turkey.^[1]

Parliament

Ruling party – Republican People's Party (CHP) (with coalition partners New Turkey Party (YTP) and Republican Villagers Nation Party (CKMP) up to 25 December, and then with the Independents)
Main opposition – Justice Party (AP)

1 February – Two airplanes collided over Ankara. 87 deaths
27 March – Demonstrations against Justice Party (AP)
21 May – Attempted coup by Talat Aydemir.
26 June – Galatasaray won the championship of Turkish football league.^[2]
12 September – Ankara Agreement between the European Union and Turkey
17 November – Local elections
27 November – After the prime minister İsmet İnönü went to United States to attend the funeral of John F. Kennedy, New Turkey Party a coalition partner withdrew from the government. This ended the 27th government.
23 December – Bloody Christmas in Cyprus where Turkish villages were attacked
24 December – Turkish military planes flew over Cyprus as a warning (without any action)

3 May Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar (aged 76), novelist
2 October – Refet Bele (aged 82), retired general who participated in the Turkish War of Independence
3 June Nazım Hikmet (aged 61), poet
31 October Mesut Cemil (aged 61), musician